Education

​1989 - 1993  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

                       B.S. Precision Engineering.

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1993 - 1995  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

                       M.S. Precision Engineering.

                      

1995 - 2000  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

                       Ph. D. Mechanical Engineering.

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Research and Work Experience

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2000 - 2004  LG Electronics Production Research Center

                       Senior Researcher

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2004 - 2006  Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Microsystem Center

                       Senior Researcher

                      

2006 - 2016  Chonnam National University, Department of Mechanical System Engineering

                       Professor 

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2013              Brandeis University, Department of Physics

                       Visiting Research Professor, supported by LG Yonam Foundation

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2017 -            Daegu Gyungbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)

                       Department of Robotics Engineering

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Academic Activities

​Member of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)

Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics

Associate Editor of International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems

Reviewer of IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics

                      IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics

                      Sensors and Actuators A: Physical

                      Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

                      Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

                      Small

                      Biomedical Microdevices,

                      IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

                      Micromachines,

                      IEEE Trans. Robotics, Intelligent Service Robotics,

                      International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing.